Basic Trope: A derogatory term used against a fictional race/species.
- Straight: Archer, a tiger-person, gets called "stripey orange flea bait".
- Exaggerated: There are a plethora of derogatory terms for all species of fictional races in the work.
- Downplayed: The word "moggy" is sometimes used to refer to Archer in a rather rude sense, and can be a derogatory term for Cat Folk. However, it depends on the context it's used in.
- Justified: There's already some Fantastic Racism in this setting.
- Inverted: There are specific terms used as compliments for fictional races/species.
- Subverted:
- The supposed "fantastic" slur was mispronounced, and Archer's actually being called a real-world slur.
- The slur is actually a compliment in the eyes of Archer's species.
- Double Subverted: ???
- Parodied: ???
- Zig-Zagged: How offensive the derogatory terms are for the fictional races depend on a lot of factors, such as whether it's actually used in a derogatory sense and who's the one saying it.
- Averted: There are no offensive terms for fictional races.
- Enforced: "We're already using Archer's status as a tiger-person as a metaphor for discrimination, so why don't we add some fictional terms that are offensive to his species?"
- Lampshaded: ???
- Invoked: ???
- Exploited: ???
- Defied: ???
- Discussed: ???
- Conversed: ???
- Implied: Archer is upset by being called "stripey orange flea bait", but it's left unclear as to whether he simply found it insulting or if it's a derogatory term for him.
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